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1908, and the other two volumes, now nearly through the press, are 

 designated 90a and 90b respectively. As to this series the Director 

 remarks in effect in his report that no similar inventory of like ex- 

 tent, concerning archive materials which London possesses for the 

 history of any other nation, has ever been issued. Two additional 

 volumes in this first division of activities have appeared during 

 the year, namely, publication No. 163, Guide to materials for United 

 States history in Mexican archives, by Herbert E. Bolton; and 

 publication No. 172, Guide to materials for United States history 

 in Canadian archives, by David W. Parker. Under this head also 

 progress is reported in the work of Mr. Leland on materials for 

 American history in Paris archives, in the work of Professor Hill in 

 Spanish archives, and in the corresponding work of Professor Faust 

 in Switzerland and in Austria. Under the head of textual documents 

 the Director refers in some detail to progress in the preparation of the 

 projected collections of "Letters of delegates to the Continental 

 Congress," of "European treaties bearing on United States history," 

 of "Proceedings and debates of Parhament respecting North America, 

 1585 to 1783," and to a preliminary report on papers of the Royal 

 African Company in the Public Records Office of London. 



Attention is especially invited to the Director's interesting review 

 of the work of the department during the first decade of its existence, 

 completed with this fiscal year. Some idea of the extent of this work 

 may be gained from the list of departmental publications cited, the 

 number of these being 17, with an aggregate of over 5,000 pages; 

 while the bulky correspondence of the Institution as a whole is in 

 some degree indicated by the fact that this department records an 

 aggregate of upwards of 20,000 letters in its decennial inventory. 



When the laboratory of this department was established on Log- 

 gerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida, now nearly ten years ago. Fort 

 Department of Jefferson, ou an adjacent island, was an important 

 Marine Biology, ^j^se Station of the United States Navy and trans- 

 portation to and from points on the Gulf coast was a matter of daily 

 occurrence. In the meantime, however, this station has steadily 

 diminished in importance and is now virtually abandoned as a naval 

 base. This change of conditions shifts the burden of transportation 

 between the laboratory and the nearest port. Key West, about thirty 

 miles distant, wholly upon the department; and the resulting in- 

 creased cost and inconvenience have led the Director to recommend 

 a gradual transfer of his laboratory and activities to a more fav- 

 orable site. Preliminary investigations indicate that such a site 



